tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post8637766245288031514..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Liberal England book quiz: Twenty opening sentencesJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-11961123037699923532009-12-19T18:12:41.688+00:002009-12-19T18:12:41.688+00:00Should have got that...Should have got that...Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08575886209036717590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-61560886779069022632009-12-19T17:24:31.715+00:002009-12-19T17:24:31.715+00:00It is.
Well done, everybody.It is.<br /><br />Well done, everybody.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-65400941518245111492009-12-19T17:22:48.960+00:002009-12-19T17:22:48.960+00:00It's Middlemarch (Eliot), isn't it?It's Middlemarch (Eliot), isn't it?Richard Gadsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545595590359552775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-14722309671459671272009-12-19T16:13:52.746+00:002009-12-19T16:13:52.746+00:00Yes, 10 is Vanity Fair.
Only one to get now.Yes, 10 is Vanity Fair.<br /><br />Only one to get now.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-9256996818452546092009-12-19T16:10:57.698+00:002009-12-19T16:10:57.698+00:00Guessing now:
2: "The Sword in the Stone"...Guessing now:<br />2: "The Sword in the Stone"<br />9. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Dick<br />10. "Vanity Fair", ThackerayFrank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-18655691556589997472009-12-19T16:10:01.709+00:002009-12-19T16:10:01.709+00:00Well done, Peter. I thought 6 was the one that wou...Well done, Peter. I thought 6 was the one that would be too obscure.<br /><br />And well done twice to Robert.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-72187392500209827352009-12-19T16:08:59.173+00:002009-12-19T16:08:59.173+00:00Two I could manage with resorting to Google:
No 9...Two I could manage with resorting to Google:<br /><br />No 9 is Brave New World - Aldous Huxley<br /><br />Presumably No 2 should strictly be "Sword in the Stone" - the first book of T H White's "Once and Future King" tetralogy.Robert Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07746783575315178202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-48251993252159183572009-12-19T15:55:24.968+00:002009-12-19T15:55:24.968+00:009 It is the book I thought. But I didn't remem...9 It is the book I thought. But I didn't remember it as being the first line.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08575886209036717590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-64752065488589804002009-12-19T15:52:49.407+00:002009-12-19T15:52:49.407+00:006 Mystery at Witchend - Saville6 Mystery at Witchend - SavillePeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08575886209036717590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-89681211785601704212009-12-19T15:30:20.407+00:002009-12-19T15:30:20.407+00:00All guesses correct, except that 13 is Casino Roya...All guesses correct, except that 13 is Casino Royale not American Psycho.<br /><br />2 is T.H. White, and The Once and Future King is sort of correct, but it is not what I have on the card.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-25552632368230636232009-12-19T13:56:38.863+00:002009-12-19T13:56:38.863+00:00Is 18 The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton?
...Is 18 The Man Who Was Thursday, by GK Chesterton?<br />And 13 is surely Ian Fleming's Casino Royale.<br /><br />Chris Black:<br />I think you're right about 14.Robert Halenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-44667660458466432462009-12-19T11:48:44.486+00:002009-12-19T11:48:44.486+00:008, Towers of Trebizond; Rose Macaulay
17, Fear &am...8, Towers of Trebizond; Rose Macaulay<br />17, Fear & Loathing in Las VegasRutlandNedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929853548294967860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1292089369803733692009-12-19T11:36:04.302+00:002009-12-19T11:36:04.302+00:00Is No. 14 Day of the Triffids?Is No. 14 Day of the Triffids?Onlinefocus Teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380208481112766609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-77207884867757308092009-12-19T10:12:06.640+00:002009-12-19T10:12:06.640+00:002 is from the Once and Future King (White).
7 mig...2 is from the Once and Future King (White).<br /><br />7 might be Oliver Twist (Dickens)<br /><br />13 might be from American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis).<br /><br />I'm more of a poetry man.Tom Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06389918199710656405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-56403686357313779572009-12-19T09:40:47.139+00:002009-12-19T09:40:47.139+00:001. "A Christmas Carol" Dickens
2. I shou...1. "A Christmas Carol" Dickens<br />2. I should know, but don't<br />3. "The Grapes of Wrath" Steinbeck<br />4. "Earthly Powers" Anthony Burgess.<br />11. "Three Men in a Boat" JK Jerome<br />12. "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (or "1984") Orwell<br />15. "Bevis: the Story of a Boy" Richard Jefferies - or is that too obvious?<br />16. "Brighton Rock" Greene<br />19. "Kim" Kipling<br />20. "Cold Comfort Farm" Gibbons<br /><br />All right, I know I'm not going to win, but it was fun trying.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.com